Born in 1965 in Gothenburg, Sweden
Lives and works in Stockholm, Sweden

Jens FÄNGE

Working at the intersection of the early-twentieth-century practice of collage and the ancient art of shadow play, Jens Fänge has developed a surrealistic matryoshka-like aesthetics that consists of assembling paintings within paintings. A master of eclecticism, he incorporates—so it seems—an entire hierarchy of genres into his composite works, juxtaposing iconic portraits, still lifes, domestic interiors, cityscapes, and landscapes with geometric abstractions, all of which he renders using a variety of media and materials, including oil paint, pencil, vinyl, cardboard, and fabric on panel. The contoured, often cut-out protagonists of the artist’s refined pictorial plays appear to be drifting into these overlapping stage-like layers of representations, giving rise to an intricate, seemingly endless maze of shifting perspectives, not only within each composition but also within each series as a whole.

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education

1989–1994
- The Valand Academy of Fine Arts, Gothenburg, Sweden

1987–1989
- Hovedskous School of Painting, Gothenburg, Sweden

solo shows

2023
- Night School, Perrotin Shanghai, China

2022
- Aura, Perrotin Hong Kong

2021
- Inner Songes, Perrotin Paris, France

2020
- Jens Fänge, Galleri Magnus Karlsson, Stockholm, Sweden

2019
- Alcove, Perrotin New York, USA

2018
- Drömmarna, Bonniers Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden

2017
- Sister Feelings, Perrotin Hong Kong

2016
- The Hours Before, Perrotin Paris, France

2014
- Jens Fänge, Arnstedt Östra Karup, Båstad, Sweden

2013
- Das Schauspeil, ABC Station Berlin, Germany
- Förvandlingsrummet / Room of Transformation, Galleri Magnus Karlsson, Stockholm, Sweden

2012
- Historia de la noche, Eskilstuna Konstmuseum, Sweden
- Diplopia (two-person exhibition with Carl Hammoud), Baton Gallery, Seoul, Korea

2010
- Saltarvet, Fiskebäckskil, Sweden

2009
- En lång ljus vecka, Galleri Erik Steen, Oslo, Norway
- Blänk och strålar/Gleams and Beams,Galleri Magnus Karlsson, Stockholm, Sweden

2008
- Kristianstad Konsthall, Kristianstad, Sweden

2007
- Thordén Wetterling Galleri, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Arnstedt & Kullgren Galleri, Östra Karup, Sweden

2006
- Maison du Peuple, Galleri Magnus Karlsson, Stockholm, Sweden

2005
- Östersunds Konstförening, Ahlbergshallen, Östersund, Sweden

2003
- Arnstedt Kullgren Galleri, Östra Karup, Sweden

2002
- Flat, Baroque and Berserk, Schaper Sundberg Galleri, Stockholm, Sweden

2001
- Galleri Wang, Oslo, Norway
- Galleri Wallner, Malmö, Sweden

1999
- Stalke, Köpenhamn, Denmark

1998
- Schaper Sundberg Galleri, Stockholm, Sweden
- Good Life Project, The BBQ Series, New York, USA

1996
- Gothenburg Museum of Art, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Schaper Sundberg Galleri, Stockholm, Sweden

1995
- Lindblad Thordén Galleri, Gothenburg, Sweden

group shows

2023
Glass Tableware in Still Life, Hiroshima City Museum Of Contemporary, Japan

2022
- Regarde-moi, Perrotin Paris, France

2021
​- 1100 Degrees, CFHILL, Stockholm, Sweden
- Realism?, Konsthallen Lokstallet, Strömstad, Sweden
- Glass Tableware in Still Life, Olle Nymans ateljéer, Saltsjö-Duvnäs, Sweden
- Towards Another World, The Gothenburg Museum of Art, Sweden

2020
- Intermezzo, Galleri Magnus Karlsson, Stockholm, Sweden

2019
- LOVE by Pierre Yovanovitch, R & Company, New York, USA

2017
- Valand Revisited, Strandverket, Marstrand, Sweden
- Les imaginaires d’un monde in-tranquille, Abbaye Saint-André / Centre d’art contemporain Meymac, France

2016
- XVI Vilnius Painting Triennial, Vilnius, Poland

2014
- Här/Nu, Artipelag, Stockholm, Sweden
- Blueprint, Great Hall, MOCA-Tucson, USA
- Samlarens blick – konst ur samtida samlingar, Konsthallen–Bohusläns museum, Uddevalla, Sweden

2013
- Syner på ögats baksida, Karlskrona Konsthall, Sweden
- Time Waits for Us, Galleri Magnus Karlsson, Stockholm, Sweden

2012
- Sturehof, (two-person exhibition with Klara Kristalova), Stockholm, Sweden
- Konst är Dyrbarare än Korv, Varbergs Konsthall, Sweden
- Supersurrealismen, Moderna Museet Malmö, Malmö, Sweden

2011
- Stena 15, Gothenburg Museum of Art, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Galleri Örsta, Kumla, Sweden
- Välkommen tillbaka! Saltarvet 10 år, Fiskebäckskil, Sweden
- Pudelns Hjärna, Hellvi Kännungs, Galleri Magnus Karlsson, Gotland, Sweden

2010
- Today is Yesterday Tomorrow, Galleri Magnus Karlsson, Stockholm, Sweden
- Modernautställningen, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Thrice Upon a Time, Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden

2009
- Märta Måås-Fjetterström, Liljevalchs Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden
- Samtidigt, Borås Konstmuseum, Borås, Sweden
- Önskekonst, Länsmuseet Gävleborg, Gävle, Sweden

2008
- Carnegie Art Award 2008, ARKEN Museum of Contemporary Art, Ishoj, Danmark, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Victoria Miro Gallery, London, Konstakademin, Stockholm, Kunsthalle Helsinki

2007
- Painting, Space and Society, Konsthallen Göteborg, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Forest assembly, GAD Oslo, Norway

2006
- Abstract Athletics – New positions in Painting, Kusthallen Braderigården, Viborg Denmark
- Spiralhuset, Tensta Konsthall, Sweden

2005
- Erase and Rewind, Bukowskis, Stockholm, Sweden
- Arnstedt Kullgren Galleri, Östra Karup, Sweden

2004
- This sweet sickness, Rhodes+Mann Gallery, London, United Kingdom
- Natural Born Painters, Bomuldsfabriken, Arendal, Norway
- Carnegie Art Award, Victoria Miro Warehouse, London, United Kingdom

2003
- Carnegie Art Award, Konstakademin Stockholm, Kópavogur Art Museum, Island, Kunstnerernas Hus, Oslo, Kunsthalle Helsinki, Finland
- Contemporary Art from Sweden, ECB, Frankfurt, Germany
- Nostalgic Real, Müller De Chiara Galerie, Berlin, Germany
- Latterens uttryck, Museum of Contemporary Art, Oslo, Norway

2002
- En samling samtida, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Necessary Fictions, De Chiara Gallery, New York, USA

2001
- Carnegie Art Award, ARKEN Museum of Contemporary Art, Ishoj, Danmark, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Victoria Miro Gallery, London, Konstakademin, Stockholm, Kunsthalle Helsinki
- Markers, Outdoor Banner Event at 49th Venice Biennale, Italy

2000
- Construction in Process VII, International Artists Museum, Bydgoszcz, Poland

1999
- Free Coke, Green Naftali Gallery, New York, USA
- Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco, USA

1998
- Message to Pretty, Thread Waxing Space, New York, USA
- PULSE Painting Now, RARE, New York, USA
- Under Construction, Gen Art, New York, USA
- From Here, High St. Project, Christchurch, New Zeeland

public collections

- Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Sweden Museet for Samtidskunst, Oslo, Norway
- Gothenburg Museum of Art, Sweden Skövde Konstmuseum, Göteborg, Sweden
- Borås Konstmuseum, Borås, Sweden
- Dunkers Kulturhus, Helsingborg, Sweden
- Magasin III Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden

  • June 21, 2023
    New York Times Life&Arts China — 5 PAGES

  • October 13, 2022
    Connaissance des Arts — 8 PAGES

  • April 1, 2021
    New Weekly — 2 PAGES

  • February 22, 2021
    Studio International — 14 PAGES

  • February 17, 2021
    Canal + — 1 PAGE

2023

ELMGREEN & DRAGSET, JR, Koak, Jean-Marie APPRIOU, Iván ARGOTE, Daniel ARSHAM, Genesis BELANGER, Anna-Eva BERGMAN, Sophie CALLE, Julian CHARRIÈRE, Johan CRETEN, Jean-Philippe DELHOMME, Mathilde DENIZE, Lionel ESTÈVE, Jens FÄNGE, Bernard FRIZE, Laurent GRASSO, Vivian GREVEN, Hans HARTUNG, Charles HASCOËT, Thilo HEINZMANN, John HENDERSON, Leslie HEWITT, Gregor HILDEBRANDT, Dora JERIDI, Susumu KAMIJO, Bharti KHER, Klara KRISTALOVA, Georges MATHIEU, Takashi MURAKAMI, Sophia NARRETT, Katherina OLSCHBAUR, Danielle ORCHARD, Jean-Michel OTHONIEL, Paola PIVI, Gabriel RICO, Claude RUTAULT, Emily Mae SMITH, Jesús Rafael SOTO, Josh SPERLING, Tatiana TROUVÉ, Xavier VEILHAN, Bernar VENET, Pieter VERMEERSCH, LEE Bae, QI Zhuo, SHIM Moon-Seup

October 16, 2023 - November 10, 2023

paris

60 RUE DE TURENNE 75003 PARIS
2BIS AVENUE MATIGNON 75008 PARIS

Matignon - October+ group show

BALTHUS, Jean-Siméon CHARDIN, Jean-Baptiste Camille COROT, Gustave COURBET, Malù DALLA PICCOLA, Eugène DELACROIX, Jean-Philippe DELHOMME, André DERAIN, Jens FÄNGE, Théodore GÉRICAULT, Alberto GIACOMETTI, Laurent GRASSO, Antoine-Jean GROS, Francis GRUBER, Charles HASCOËT, Jean-Auguste-Dominique INGRES, Alain JACQUET, Klara KRISTALOVA, Elladj LINCY DELOUMEAUX, Aristide MAILLOL, Danielle ORCHARD, GaHee PARK, Pierre PUVIS DE CHAVANNES, CHEN Ke, maxime BIOU

July 6, 2023 - July 29, 2023

paris

8 avenue Matignon

Dans la tête de Balthus

curated by Edwart Vignot, Isotta Bosi

Jens FÄNGE

June 9, 2023 - August 26, 2023

Shanghai

3/F, 27 Hu Qiu Road, Huangpu District

Night School

Jean-Marie APPRIOU, Sophie CALLE, Johan CRETEN, Jean-Philippe DELHOMME, Jens FÄNGE, Laurent GRASSO, Hans HARTUNG, Thilo HEINZMANN, Gregor HILDEBRANDT, JR, Klara KRISTALOVA, LEE Bae, Gabriel DE LA MORA, Takashi MURAKAMI, Tavares STRACHAN, Pieter VERMEERSCH

January 10, 2023 - April 5, 2023

paris

2BIS AVENUE MATIGNON 75008 PARIS

Salon Perrotin Matignon

2022

Jens FÄNGE

October 22, 2022 - December 1, 2022

hong kong

807, K11 ATELIER Victoria Dockside, 18 Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui

Aura

Daniel ARSHAM, Sophie CALLE, Jiang CHENG, Johan CRETEN, Jean-Philippe DELHOMME, Jens FÄNGE, CHEN Fei, GELITIN, Laurent GRASSO, Charles HASCOËT, Gregor HILDEBRANDT, JR, Izumi KATO, CHEN Ke, Klara KRISTALOVA, Trevon LATIN, ROMEO MIVEKANNIN, Danielle ORCHARD, zéh PALITO, Christiane POOLEY, Claude RUTAULT, SONG Kun, Kathia ST. HILAIRE, Xavier VEILHAN

June 9, 2022 - July 30, 2022

paris

76 RUE DE TURENNE 75003 PARIS
10 IMPASSE SAINT CLAUDE 75003 PARIS

Regarde-moi

Johan CRETEN, Jean-Philippe DELHOMME, Jens FÄNGE, Bernard FRIZE, Laurent GRASSO, Gregor HILDEBRANDT, Izumi KATO, Klara KRISTALOVA, ob, Otani Workshop, Paola PIVI, Gabriel RICO, Aya TAKANO

February 9, 2022 - March 19, 2022

tokyo

Piramide Building, 1F, 6-6-9 Roppongi, Minato-ku

Head in the Clouds

2021

Jens FÄNGE

February 6, 2021 - March 27, 2021

paris

76 RUE DE TURENNE 75003 PARIS

Inner Songes

Iván ARGOTE, Daniel ARSHAM, Johan CRETEN, Jean-Philippe DELHOMME, Jens FÄNGE, Bernard FRIZE, Laurent GRASSO, John HENDERSON, Gregor HILDEBRANDT, Hans HARTUNG, Bharti KHER, Klara KRISTALOVA, Takashi MURAKAMI, Jean-Michel OTHONIEL, Paola PIVI, Yuji UEDA

- March 9, 2021

paris

2BIS AVENUE MATIGNON 75008 PARIS

Salon Perrotin Matignon

2020

Sophie CALLE, CHEN Ke, Jens FÄNGE, Bernard FRIZE, Laurent GRASSO, Thilo HEINZMANN, Gregor HILDEBRANDT, JR, Klara KRISTALOVA, Barry MCGEE, Takashi MURAKAMI, NI Youyu, Jean-Michel OTHONIEL

July 24, 2020 - August 29, 2020

Shanghai

3/F, 27 Hu Qiu Road, Huangpu District

Messenger

2019

Jens FÄNGE

January 12, 2019 - February 16, 2019

new york

130 Orchard Street

Alcove

2017

Jens FÄNGE

January 19, 2017 - March 10, 2017

hong kong

50 CONNAUGHT ROAD CENTRAL, 17TH FLOOR - HONG KONG

Sister Feelings

2016

Jens FÄNGE

March 5, 2016 - April 16, 2016

paris

76 RUE DE TURENNE 75003 PARIS

The Hours Before

"NIGHT SCHOOL" AT PERROTIN SHANGHAI

"NIGHT SCHOOL" AT PERROTIN SHANGHAI

Jens FÄNGE

"DANS LA TÊTE DE BALTHUS" AT PERROTIN MATIGNON

"DANS LA TÊTE DE BALTHUS" AT PERROTIN MATIGNON

BALTHUS, Jean-Siméon CHARDIN, Jean-Baptiste Camille COROT, Gustave COURBET, Malù DALLA PICCOLA, Eugène DELACROIX, Jean-Philippe DELHOMME, André DERAIN, Jens FÄNGE, Théodore GÉRICAULT, Alberto GIACOMETTI, Laurent GRASSO, Antoine-Jean GROS, Francis GRUBER, Charles HASCOËT, Jean-Auguste-Dominique INGRES, Alain JACQUET, Klara KRISTALOVA, Elladj LINCY DELOUMEAUX, Aristide MAILLOL, Danielle ORCHARD, GaHee PARK, Pierre PUVIS DE CHAVANNES, CHEN Ke, maxime BIOU

"INNER SONGES" AT PERROTIN PARIS

"INNER SONGES" AT PERROTIN PARIS

Jens FÄNGE

JENS FÄNGE, "ALCOVE" AT PERROTIN NEW YORK

JENS FÄNGE, "ALCOVE" AT PERROTIN NEW YORK

Jens FÄNGE